Meet the Locals

Cardross Street was once home to over 300 children who shared the same bath water while their mums did laundry work A policeman patrolling the streets of Brackenbury Village in the late 1900s took down some notes while wandering along Cardross Street. He noted that the residents were ‘poor labourers’,…

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Alexane Dunn shines a light on rising star Antonia Clarke. Would you recommend the area as a place for young people to live? I’ve lived here all my life so I don’t really know anything better, but all my friends live here and the park is great.  It’s a family…

Jack Davis – General Manager Anyone driving round Hogarth Roundabout in Chiswick recently cannot have failed to notice the intense stare of a giant-sized chef perched on the advertising hoarding. The man glaring down on the thousands of cars passing beneath is Gavin Sinden, the Fuller’s award winning Chef of…

The Brackenbury Wine Rooms is the smoking hot destination where more than just the wine is red ‘Bewildered locals spotted the head of a cigarette puffing red stag being carried inside.’ For months the former restaurant on a corner of Hammersmith Grove was, quite literally, a building site. Rumours were…

Bill Bailey: making people laugh is his life’s work. How long have you lived in the area? Since 1987. 29 years. As a native of Bath, what brought you to London? I came to study English and Drama at Westfield College (London University). After I left, I bought a houseboat…

You two don’t sound like Londoners.  Where are you from? Jill: Tipperary, southern Ireland. Mike: Christchurch on the South Island of New Zealand. How did you meet? Mike: One of the most romantic nights of the year, New Year’s Eve, 1995, at what was one of the hottest tickets in…

José Carvalho – Potter ‘I am a potter from Portugal and have been living in London for 10 years. My work covers a broad spectrum of both decorative and functional pieces. I use stoneware, earthenware, and Porcelain Clay. Recently I have been producing “V” and “U” shaped pieces with a…

Elsie Paine Part 2: Elsie recalls how the community pulled together during World War II and the horrors of the Blitz